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Bisaya · Cebuano · Vocabulary

Panagtagbo

English

coincidencenoun

Alternative meanings

A chance occurrence, meeting, or correspondence between events, people, data, or situations happening unexpectedly or at the same time.

Pronunciation

pa-nag-TAG-boh

Root and affixes

Related to tagbo, to meet or coincide; panag- expresses mutual action or relation between parts.

Variants or conjugations

panagtagbo = coincidence or meeting; natagbo = coincided or met; sulagma = chance/coincidence; pareho = same or matching.

Related words and expressions

tagbo = meeting; sulagma = chance or coincidence; pareho = same; panahon = time.

Meaning and usage notes

Works for coincidental meetings or events. For pure chance, sulagma may be more direct; for matching data, pareho or nagkapareho may be more exact.

chancematchmeetingrelationship
Example 1

Dako nga panagtagbo nga nagkita mi didto.

It was a big coincidence that we met there.

Example 2

Sulagma ra nga pareho mi ug tubag.

It was a coincidence that we had the same answer.

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